Emine Cay Masters MD

While over 75% of menopausal Ob-Gyn physicians take estrogen replacement therapy, only 5% of their menopausal patients use hormones. What do these doctors know that the rest of us may not be aware of? What are the secrets to mastering menopause and confident aging?

A Georgetown-educated physician and board-certified gynecologist, Emine Cay Masters, MD, is passionate about helping women take care of their health. For over 30 years, she has helped thousands of women navigate the murky waters and rough terrain of their menopausal journey. She established a menopause specialty clinic in northern Virginia, where she was an Associate Clinical Professor of ObGyn at George Washington Medical School in Washington, DC. She went on to become the Medical Director of the Women's Health Clinic at the Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in Asheville, NC. She truly understands the good, the bad, and the hope of menopause.

Dr. Masters' grandmother was a midwife, her father was a physician, and her brother is a family doctor. Integrating scientific facts with thoughtful clinical judgment is part of her family's DNA. With her candidly enlightening, "let's get real about menopause," attitude, Dr. Masters shows us that, although menopause is a natural phase of life, it is not a trial of womanhood. No one gets extra points for enduring bothersome menopausal symptoms.

With hundreds of menopausal books available, some people ask, "why another book about something which is simply a hormonal event that occurs naturally?" Dr. Masters wrote "Mastering Menopause" to provide women with coherent information on how they can lead happier and healthier lives. By sharing her professional expertise and personal insights into menopause and everything estrogen, she clarifies the confusion over hormones. Once a woman knows the real facts about menopause and understands what estrogen deficiency really means, she can build a solid foundation for healthy aging and meaningful longevity.

In "Mastering Menopause," women finally have a book that brings it all together: hot flashes, estrogen, bioidentical hormones, sex, weight gain, diet and exercise, bladder control, sleepless nights, fatigue, breast cancer, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, strokes, heart disease, and blood clots, among other women's health issues. Dr. Masters shows how, from puberty through childbirth to menopause and beyond, a woman's health is intimately connected to her ovarian hormones. For easy reference and targeted reading, each chapter can stand alone on its topic.

Every woman will go through menopause, so menopause matters. Living for decades beyond menopause is no longer exceptional; it's the new norm. How well we age is just as important as how long we live. We all get older, but why not age beautifully, with meaningful longevity and dignity? If a woman reads only one book about her health in a lifetime, "Mastering Menopause" should be it. Dr. Masters provides all the information a woman needs to, naturally and holistically, journey to the sunny side of menopause.